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my vote is for the M8 Buford AGS for the US Airborne to replace the Sheridan

The Soviets indeed designed a system like this it was called FOBS (fractional orbit bombardment system)

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That would have been given the death sentence, rather than life in prison. It also would be remembered more than it is. Other than that no change. The government would also have cracked down harder on the PR nationalist movement.

Puerto Rico tried in the late nineties , early 200’s and it failed miserably, and helped sink the government into debt

Suggest you read children of Apollo, one of my favorites alt space history books

Good job from another Gurps player

I think part of the issue has to do with targeting. An alt right group will be less likely to target the pentagon and the World Trade Center. The probable targets would be the UN bldg and the White House only one of which was targeted

As mr. Olvida from Harry Potter said “ he did great things, great but terrible”

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As a former groundpounder, that called attack aircraft on target ( and had his butt saved by them a couple times). I can tell you that we have an entirely different perspective of how to measure their effectiveness. We don’t measure their effectiveness in number of targets hit, we measure it in...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't disagree about the lack of command and control, or the fact that it had a...

In 1917 during WW1 BG Mitchell proposed to drop the 1st inf Div by parachute from hp400 bombers. His plan was approved for execution in 1919 however the war ended before it could have been done (his experiments ended with the drop of a machine gun section in 1920). Let's speculate that WW1 last...

Actually they do cost a lot of money (however they are cheaper than rail based on US needs), however in the context of the US cultural-ethical deprioritizing of car mobility is not a solution, because while there are some cultural issues involved in the rise of the automobile in the US...

Sound interesting but POD definitely pre 1900

You need a POD before 1900, system of alliances existing prior to the beginning of the century are proximate cause of ww1

I second the Nomination

I nominate Eisenhower in the Pacific: Part 1 The Shoestring Warriors of Luzon by Galveston bay https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/eisenhower-in-the-pacific-part-1-the-shoestring-warriors-of-luzon.409504/

Great job magnificent atl